1890. 



POPULAR GARDENING. 



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the t-rtip t>n ix'iniiiiiin^'- plants to best mh antiigo. 

 Oiir report, owins lo the injury iU>no by the 

 causers named, may iH>t lio full justice to some 

 varieties, Init on the whole we found o\ir oliscr- 

 vutions eonllrmed in a thorough examination of 

 the lartcer Strawberry Hclds in our immediate 

 vicinity, embracing in one instance a large test 

 lot containing forty or more varieties in the best 

 state of cultivation and preservation. The 

 growers in our neijrhborhood, we nii>flit add, 

 must be greatly satislied with the outcome of the 

 season, for they, still more than iu some former 

 years, have found "money in Strawberies," as 

 the crop, on the whole, was a full average one, 

 if not above, and the prices realized from it 

 averaged probably close to, if not fully ten cents 

 jK'r ijiuirt. 



The following notes were taken during the 

 height of the season, and at different Wsits to the 

 patches before and after. The illustrations on 

 pages -2f<, ~i9. 230 and 251, representing average 

 berries and clusters of berries as picked by us, 

 in exactlytheir natural size. 



AbPiNE Bush. The varieties of this character 

 are interesting on 

 account of their 

 crinkled foliage, the 

 peculiar high flavor 

 of their small fruits 

 and their ever-beai'- 

 ing character, the 

 fruit being prod- 

 uced more or less 

 throughout the sea- 

 son. 



Anna Forest. 

 Foliage large and 

 healthy; fruit of 

 largest size, reason- 

 ably regular, sweet, 

 rich, pleasant; rath- 

 er late, and holding 

 its size well to end 

 of season. Plant a 

 free runner, appar- 

 eutl.v productive. 

 Fruit moderately 

 firm, coloring up 

 somewhat 1 i ke 

 Sharpless; altogeth- 

 er a promising vari- 

 et.v for this locality. 



Arnold's Pride. 

 Plants large with 

 strong healthy foli- 

 age; fruit large to 

 largest; not of high 

 quality, hardly 



moderately firm. 

 Early to medium 

 and productive. 



Atlaxtic. Foli- 

 age detective; fruit 

 somewhat acid. Only 

 a moderate bearer. 



Belmoxt. Plant 

 has weak, yellowish 

 foliage, and does 

 not promise much for this locality. 



BoMBA. Foliage sickly, dwarfish; fruit me- 

 dium to large, of fair quality and only moder- 

 ately firm. 



Black Defiance. Foliage somewhat spotted; 

 fruit of dark cohir, glossy, medium to large, 

 sweet and pleasant. A moderate bearer, early 

 to medium. 



Bright Idea. Only a moderate grower, but 

 having dark, still foliage; fruit medium to large 

 in size; moderately firm, of good quality, appar- 

 ently productive. 



Burt. A free runner and fairly productive. 

 Fruit large, regular, sweet. Whether identical 

 with Captain Jack or not we cannot say. 



Boone (Danieli. In this we have remarkably 

 fine foliage, with dark color of leaf and strong 

 growth. It produces runners quite freely, and 

 gives fruit of largest size, carried way up from 

 the ground; quite even, moderately firm. Medi- 

 um to late. 



BuBACH. While foliage is all any one could 

 wish for, both in thrift and health, this variety, 

 remarkable for the size of its fruit, certainly has 

 greatly disappointed us in its quantity. Our 

 plants were nf)t even moderatel.v productive. 

 Fruit enormously large and showy, sweet, but 

 not of high quality, and decidedly soft. 



("henet (Col. Cheney). Foliage weak and dis- 

 eased: fruit large, of good qualitj', produced in 

 moderate quantity. This variety does not now 



seem to possess the vigor and \itality we found 

 in it fifteen years ago. 



Cinderella. Foliage dwarfish; fruit medium 

 size, dark color, rich and pleasant flavor; moder- 

 ately firm. A moderate bearer. 



Cloud. Produces a perfect cloud of plants, 

 with plenty of foliage and little fruit, and that 

 <iuite acid. 



Cornelia. Plants badly winter killed. 



I H vstal City. .\s we have it, it is apparently 

 a wild berry in fruit and foliage. 



Cumberland (Triumph). Take it all in all 

 this is a handsome variety, of strong vigorous 

 growth; fine color of foliage, giving large ber- 

 ries, although not in great quantity, of high 

 llavoi and quite firm. Especially desirable for 

 garden culture. 



Duchess. Fruit in shape, size and flavor re- 

 sembles the old Chas. Downing. 



Duncan. Has vigorous, dark-colored, healthy 

 foliage, and jiroduces runners freely. Fruit 

 large to very large, carried well up on strong 

 stalks; verj' regular, moderately firm, sweet and 

 good. Only a moderate bearer. 



CLUSTER 



TH= HAVERLAND STRAWBERRY AS SKETCHED ON OUR GROUNDS. 



Dutter. Our plants appear too near like 

 Sharpless in fruit and foliage to be easily distin- 

 guished from it. 



Early Canada. A free runner with good 

 foliage, producing a moderate quantity of firm 

 berries of fair quality. 



Emerald. Foliage spotted. Fruit large, late, 

 quite irregular and by no means attractive. Nor 

 productive either. 



Eureka. Plants mostly winter-killed. Fruit 

 large, late, irregular, very Arm, foliage much 

 inclined to rust. 



Gandy. (Gandy's Prize) Not very productive 

 here. Foliage good; fruit moderately firm, 

 of good quality, very late. 



Great Americ.\n. Leaves slightly inclined to 

 rust, berry firm, of large size and good quality. 

 There are some fine specimens, but not many of 

 them Medium to late. Probably suited only 

 for good garden culture. 



Garibaldi. Not much plant or fruit. Ap- 

 pears to lack vigor. 



Garretsos. Entirely unpromising. 



Glendale. Foliage unhealthy, spotted, un- 

 productive; fruit sour and firm. 



Gypsy. This seems to go all to runners. No 

 fruit, and foliage poor and badly rusted. 



Golden Defi.\nce. Good foliage, but a shy 

 bearer. Fruit large, of rich flavor, firm and very 

 late. Some of the finest fruit is produced after 

 most other sorts have done fruiting. 



I1.\mi*i>e.n. Foliage terribly poor and diseased, 

 but sets fruit abundantly, which cannot all be 

 brought to perfection. Very late. 



Haverlani). a berry to grow enthusiastic 

 over, when one sees the fine fruit that entirely 

 covers the ground from beginning to the very 

 end of the season. Originator and introducer 

 may well be proud of it. It is enormous in 

 foliage, enormous in number of runners, enor- 

 mous in quantity of fruit. Fruit large to very 

 large, somewhat of the soft order, of good but 

 not high quality. Decidedly a berry for the 

 home grower and near market. Probably not 

 suited to long distance shipment. Color rather 

 light As a bearer nothing else on our grounds 

 equals it. It gives large fruit to the end of 

 season. Altogether worth planting. 



Indiana. Medium to late in season; not very 

 productive. Foliage large and strong; fruit of 

 medium size, and high fiavor; sweet; holding out 

 well to end of season. 



Itasca. Foliage fair; slightly inclined to rust. 

 A free runner forming wide matted rows. Fruit 

 sweet and of good flavor, but very irregular^ 

 with many ill-form- 

 ed, ridged and fur- 

 rowed specimens. 

 Some fine fruit was 

 found on it to the 

 end of the season, 

 but foliage seemed 

 to be giving out. 



IVANHOE. Fruit 

 large throughout, 

 firm, of fair not high 

 quality; foliage 



large and healthy. 

 Productive and 



promising. 



Jersey Queen. 

 Little foliage. A 

 dwarf grower and 

 shy bearer. Fruit 

 late and large. 



Jessie. Foliage 

 showing signs of 

 rust; produces run- 

 ners freely. Fruit 

 pleasant and sweet, 

 but not of high qual- 

 ity: large, somewhat 

 inclined to irregu- 

 larity; many speci- 

 mens singularly fur- 

 rowed or crinkled, 

 in some cases to the 

 extent of absolute 

 ugliness. Quite firm, 

 and single berries 

 very large. The 

 fruit comes large to 

 end of season. Sea- 

 son medium. It 

 would not rank 

 among the first for 

 market here. 



Jewell. Its great, 

 est fault with us is 

 that it produces 

 hardly any runners. Foliage rather 

 poor, but fruit abundant; large to very large, 

 quite firm and of good quality. 



JucuNDA. Plants considerably winter-killed. 

 Berry large, late, sweet and rich. 



Livingston. Foliage dwarfish and inclined to 

 spot; berry long and soft, much sun-scalded; 

 medium in size. 



Logan. Foliage disappoints us greatly this 

 season, as it was remarkabl.v thrifty a year ago. 

 Plant prolific; fruit medium to large: inclined 

 to irregularity; resembling Jessie in this respect; 

 flavor second rate. 



Lady Rusk. Another season's trial will be 

 needed to pass Judgment u pon this. 



Long John. We have been more comfortably 

 impressed with this berry than ever. Its dark- 

 colored, robust foliage seems to be disease proof, 

 and in this respect it is hardly equalled by any- 

 other variety we know of. Whenever we have 

 seen it under good cultivation, it equals Haver- 

 land in quantity of fruit, and in the desirable 

 feature of giving good sized fruit to the end of 

 the season. The berr.v is not as good a long dis- 

 tance shipper as Wilson. Of darker color, glossy, 

 somewhat elongated and quife regular, with the 

 exception that the first berry on each fruit stalk 

 grows double, which is an undesirable charac- 

 teristic of the variety. It is a pity that this var- 

 iety was not given a more euphonious name, and 

 introduced years ago with the ;same push that 



